14 Mar 2010After a judge ruled that its constitution could discriminate against non-white people on Friday, the British National Party was banned from accepting any new members. ''I hold that the BNP are likely to commit unlawful acts of discrimination in the terms on which they are prepared to admit persons to membership under their constitution'', said Judge Collins.Nick Griffin acted swiftly to amend the BNP constitution, saying: "Section 4, which deals with the requirements for membership and includes the demand that members support all the principles of the party, is not protected. I have, therefore, with immediate effect changed the section 4 requirements, as I am entitled to do, to comply with the court order. What this means is that people can apply to join the BNP without having to endorse and support the principles of the party." Regardless of whether or not you support the BNP's aims, it does seem a little bizarre. After all, isn't politics about creating new laws or amending existing ones?
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